Just wanted to point out that the Protractor tool can set slope angles by entering an angle value using the form "n:n". In this dovetail example: 1:6. Any slope ratio can be entered: 1:8, 4:12, 6:12, 12:12 (AKA 45º).

Man, since I watch you videos I´m getting more and more enthusiastic about sketch up. And I will use it for my next wood projects. Many thanks!

Great lesson Aaron. If you make the board wider by it's thickness (5½ + 3/4=6¼), layout the pins & tails and finish like you did, then push the edges in by 1/2 that thickness (3/8") you end up with perfect half pins on the ends.

Man, I can't like this vid enough, has helped me a bunch of times. Thanks again. 👍

Been designing dovetail boxes for a couple years now, but doing it one tail at a time with the protracted tool and drawing individual lines then pushing out the waste portion. This is wonderful and will make it so mush easier. Thanks, again! BTW, they're called "tails" on one board and "pins" on the other. And...is that an Aperture Labs shirt?! Awesome,dude!

Always great info and relaxed presentation. I always learn something!

Super cool! I'll keep practicing thAnks 😍

Great vid, great tutorial! I'm limited to the free version yet your explanation lets me envision ways to accomplish it-and as you alluded, can be applied to other kinds of dovetail joints (and many other intersecting parts). And like @Toe Ar, SU is my phavored app, and you are my bestest tooter! Fanks, Erring!

Nice and easy with solid tools. Now all you have to do is go through all the popular wood joints and design several dynamic component cutters to fit any wood sizes :-) And then do a series of videos on those ultra beautiful but complex Japanese wood joints!

Good job Aaron. Thanks.

I too, have been using the protractor tool and arraying. It is a slower process than what you do in the video. Usually, my two end pins have different dimensions to account for grooves where a bottom piece slides into a side. The same technique you used can be used after I make the outside pins. It's just that the line that gets divided runs between the outside pin marks and not the entire edge. I will need to practice to get my work flow down.

Love your teaching style. Could you do a Skill Build video on drawing a Live Edge table or bar?

If you don't have or want to use the solid tools, you can paste the lines from the clipboard a second time in the second board context

Hi sir my name is sohail and i am a structural engineer from india your videos are really helpful and i watch these and try to learn sketchup. you did it very accurately and easily your work is awesome thank you so much. I want to say you upload more videos so that we can learn so many new things and commands.

Great video!

Nice work Aaron.

There you go! Thought I had a good handle on how to model dovetails and Aaron has a couple more tricks to show us how to do the job even better! Amazing. Man; you really rock at this! Love the divide in 2020 and modelling the lines outside the Group and then cut and paste in place on the base object. Very slick. Another neat trick would be how to model Domino joints. Especially where you could place a lot of them very precisely. Just an idea for another video (unless you already have.......)

Super, thanks!

Well done!

Thank you!

Great Job

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Great video with lots of little wonderful tips as usual! I cannot get hide/unhide to work myself in Make 2017. I don’t know if it’s a bug or just me. I hide an object and if I do a few other things inbetween, then unhiding everything won’t bring that object back again. It’s listed as existing but I cannot make it visible. So I have started moving things that needs hiding to a new layer instead.

awesome!!

Nice video. Thanks. One important note you did not mention: The Part that is edited in TRIM, is the one which was selected SECOND.

Great, Thank you. Please I would like you to show us how to configure the 3D mouse to work properly on mac, (3Dconnexion). (To work best in Sketchup).

My pavorite software

Thanks for the great videos! Could the dovetail be made into a dynamic component adding extra tails depending on the width? Thanks

I've been using Sketchup for ten years. How long has "Paste in place" been sitting in my Edit menu? 🤣 Great videos, Aaron.

nice job ..

dope!

Thank you for this, and your other videos. I'm new, and I agree with other commentors that you are a good teacher. Follow up, however: What is the fastest and most efficient way to repeat the same dovetails on the other ends of the boards? My first thought is to duplicate a board, move to the other end, then trim again. Then repeat for adjacent side. Is that the best way?

Great tutorial!! thanks!!! by the way, is that an aperture science shirt? ;)

ahhh ... but what if you need a clearance between your fingers and pins? Maybe, scale a copy of the first one on the green axis say 0.1, trim it from the second piece and then paste the original back in place?

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What is the modifier key, I can't find it on the Knowlege Center

I'm still waiting for a tutorial on turned table leg

Sorry for this silly question. I have drawn my sketches in sketchup pro to present in my research paper. But how to extract the good quality image for my word file. All the export open I have tried, but the image that I am getting is of very bad quality ( if You are going to zone than you will see the zig zag lines). Please help me to get good quality image from my sketchup to my word file. Thanks in advance.

Hello I want te make a 2D view from the bottem of a project . How can i do dath.

Thanks for the very informative video. However, from a furniture builders perspective the wrong parts were pushed down. You were modeling the pins first and a correct dovetail pin board has half pins on the ends. You pushed down what should have been pins and had the pins where the tails should have been.

What's the difference of SketchUp and Skill Builder?

Can u please mention the plugin name ..

I am looking for a simple answer to my question. What the hell does the term mean: 1 : 5 and 1 : 6 in making dovetails??? What does the 1 mean? What does the 5 or 6 mean? Is the 5 or 6 mean degrees? ??? KISS 😘

Hmmm... I finally followed Ann's advice and took Woodprix. It's great for beginners and has some advanced stuff too.